École secondaire catholique de la Vérendrye (ESCDLV) is a French Catholic high school located in Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is part of the Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales, a French Catholic school board serving Northwestern Ontario. The school opened in 2004 on the site of the former Prospect Avenue Public School. The construction of the French language high school faced opposition from Thunder Bay's Anglophone majority. The school is named after Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, a French explorer. There is a total of 37 employees at La Vérendrye as of January 2009.
Sports La Vérendrye has the highest athlete/student ratio of high schools in Thunder Bay. The school has won 6 volleyball championships and 5 volleyball tournaments since 2004, and for the first time on November 21, 2008, the senior boys' volleyball team beat Atikokan in the NWOSSAA "A" championships, bringing them into provincials (OFSAA) where they finished 12th in Ontario for "A". Teams from La Vérendrye also participate in golf, curling, basketball and running.
+OFSAA A Volleyball Ranking2004 - Did not qualify2005 - Did not qualify2006 - No Team2007 - Did not qualify2008 - 12th2009 - 9th
See also Education in Ontario List of secondary schools in Ontario Education in Thunder Bay, Ontario
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